Other Remote Learning Resources

Resources and courses:

• Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE): As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly important for STEM education in K-12 classrooms, discover the activity hub designed to help you and your learners understand and work efficiently and responsively with AI. RAISE is an MIT-wide initiative headquartered in the MIT Media Lab in collaboration with MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and MIT Open Learning
• Day of Climate: A free, hands-on curriculum of lessons and activities designed to introduce K-12 students to research on climate and how it shapes their lives. These resources are developed by the MIT community, designed for formal and informal learning environments and learners of all backgrounds and abilities, and they are Creative Commons-licensed.
• Day of AI: A free, hands-on curriculum of lessons and activities to introduce K-12 students to AI and how it shapes their lives. Modules are available in timely topics such as AI policy, ChatGPT, AI gaming, data science, societal impacts, and voice AI. Developed by a team of researchers at MIT RAISE and designed to be taught by educators with little or no technology background, these free resources are made to be accessible to students of all backgrounds and abilities
• MIT Full STEAM Ahead: A curated collection of high-quality MIT resources for teaching and learning online. This website features themed activity packages for K-12 and lifelong learners
• MIT OpenCourseWare: This platform of free MIT course materials has a selection of high school-level courses
• First Year STEM: Online courses from MITx and course materials from OpenCourseWare corresponding to the biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, and physics classes taken by many first-year students at MIT
• MIT pK-12 Videos: A series of educational videos designed to open the door to MIT and to promote STEM literacy
• MIT Blossoms: Math and science video lessons for high schoolers in English and other languages
• MIT Mathlets: A suite of carefully designed and highly interactive Javascript applets designed to enhance selected university and advanced high school level STEM classes
• BioNook: Free materials from Whitehead Institute on biology and research for students, parents, and teachers. Includes deep explorations of how science is done, stories following the lives of scientists, and suggestions for fun outside activities and hands-on citizen science projects

Activities:

• Scratch: A programming language for kids ages eight and up, developed by the MIT Media Lab's Lifelong Kindergarten group. This online community allows learners to create digital stories, games, and animations while learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively
• MIT App Inventor: Children of all ages can learn to build apps with a global impact
• MIT Edgerton Center Instructables: Self-guided maker activities for grades three and up
• MIT Edgerton Center STEM Projects: Downloadable maker projects
• Education Arcade Games: Games provide a creative environment in which student learn to experiment, collaborate, and problem-solve
• OctoStudio: A free mobile coding app developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at MIT Media Lab
• CoCo: A co-creative platform for young people to code together in real time

Especially for educators:

• Open Learning Talks: This video series bring together leaders to discuss new research-based ideas, technologies, and efforts in education, at MIT and around the world
• TeachLab: A podcast that investigates the art and craft of teaching, hosted by Prof. Justin Reich, director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab
• J-WEL Connections Podcast: Highlights from the J-WEL Connections online event, relating to issues surrounding remote teaching, learning, and workforce development brought on by Covid-19
• Online Learning in the Age of Covid-19: In this recorded talk from the J-WEL Connections online event, Prof. Justin Reich, educational researcher and Director, Teaching Systems Lab, discusses strategies for educators in managing the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic

Resources and courseware:

• MIT OpenCourseWare: Free open-licensed educational materials from thousands of MIT courses
• MIT OpenCourseWare's YouTube channel: Video lectures from thousands of MIT courses available on the OpenCourseWare platform
• Chalk Radio: MIT OpenCourseWare's podcast about inspired teaching at MIT
• MITx Courses: Massive open online courses from MIT faculty that embody the academic rigor and quality of Institute courses
• MITx's YouTube channel: Videos from the MITx courses developed and taught by MIT instructors
• MITx MicroMasters® Programs: Online professional and academic credentials for learners from anywhere in the world to advance their career or fast-track a Master's degree
• MIT Open Learning Library: Selected educational content from MIT OpenCourseWare and MITx courses, available to anyone in the world at any time
• First Year STEM: Online courses from MITx and course materials from OpenCourseWare corresponding to the biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, and physics classes taken by many first-year students at MIT
• MIT Full STEAM Ahead: Higher Education: Resources from our new website created as a rapid response to the Covid-19 crisis to share curated, high-quality resources to facilitate digital and non-digital remote learning
• BioNook: Free materials from Whitehead Institute on biology and research. Includes deep explorations of how science is done, stories following the lives of scientists, and suggestions for fun outside activities and hands-on citizen science projects
• MIT Mathlets: A suite of carefully designed and highly interactive Javascript applets designed to enhance selected university-level STEM classes

Especially for educators:

• Open Learning Talks: This video series bring together leaders to discuss new research-based ideas, technologies, and efforts in education, at MIT and around the world
• Chalk Radio: An OpenCourseWare podcast about inspired teaching at MIT
• OpenCourseWare Educator Portal: Helps educators navigate the vast library of teaching materials available on OpenCourseWare
• Navigating Open Licensing: Strategies for Access and Reuse: This video sheds light on the world of open licensing. As we explore teaching and learning materials, we discover how openly licensed resources empower educators and learners alike.
• Residential Digital Innovations: A collection of mini-case studies on innovative teaching practices used by MIT faculty for remote education
• xTalks: Video seminar series designed to facilitate awareness, deep understanding and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere
• TeachLab: A podcast that investigates the art and craft of teaching, hosted by Prof. Justin Reich, director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab
• MIT Integrated Learning Initiative research findings: Explore best practices in retention and other areas of learning to make education more effective for all learners
• Migration Summit videos: Panel discussions of pathways for displaced populations toward education and employment, recorded during Migration Summit 2023, co-organized by MIT Emerging Talent (formerly MIT ReACT)
• J-WEL Connections Podcast: Episodes from the J-WEL Connections online event, relating to issues surrounding remote teaching, learning, and workforce development brought on by Covid-19
• Online Learning in the Age of Covid-19: In this recorded talk from the J-WEL Connections online event, Prof. Justin Reich, educational researcher and Director, Teaching Systems Lab, discusses strategies for educators in managing the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic

• MITx MicroMasters® Programs: Online professional and academic credentials for learners from anywhere in the world to advance their career or fast-track a Master's degree
• MIT xPRO: Online learning programs that leverage vetted content from world-renowned experts to make learning accessible anytime, anywhere
• The Curve: An online learning blog for professionals, from MIT xPRO
• MIT Jameel World Education Lab Human Skills Matrix: Tools and sample curriculum to help prepare the workforce for a digital economy
• MIT Full STEAM Ahead: Lifelong and Adult Learning: Curated, high-quality resources from MIT to facilitate digital and non-digital remote learning
• MIT Professional Education: Online programs across a broad range of topic categories, geared toward working professionals
• Beyond the Resume: In this podcast, hear from industry leaders as they explore solutions to some of workforce education's most demanding challenges
• MIT Press: Leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, art, social science, and design
• MIT Sloan Executive Education: Courses covering a broad range of topics in management and leadership, strategy and innovation, and technology, operations, and value chain management
• Migration Summit videos: Panel discussions of pathways for displaced populations toward education and employment, recorded during Migration Summit 2023, co-organized by MIT Emerging Talent (formerly MIT ReACT)
• J-WEL Connections Podcast: Episodes from the J-WEL Connections online event, relating to issues surrounding remote teaching, learning, and workforce development brought on by Covid-19